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Today we awoke to the phone and notification from Charlie that Muffin had passed.  Very sad morning for us all—here is our sweet muffin We took our time grieving and got a late start.  Coffee from a side street vendor and then we were off to the “silver district” in Chiang Mai.  The local hill […]

We arrived at 0715 this morning and headed across the street from the train station for breakfast.  It was a buffet and so-so, but the coffee was good and we got our bearings after our all night train ride.  After breakfast and touching base at home via what’s app, we headed to our Airbnb in […]

Today we are lazy getting up and eat a late breakfast.  We had such an active day yesterday that all we have planned today is a spa day and travel.  We have to get to Phitsonolok this evening (last bus at 6pm) and on to the sleeper train there at 00:18.  We have reserved a […]

Today we are up early to try to get to the ruins before the mid afternoon heat again.  Sukhothai, which means “rising happiness” was the first capital of Siam after breaking away from the Kmer kingdom in 1238.  This beautiful capital flourished from the mid 13th to the late 14th century and was the center […]

Today we slept in and had a leisurely morning before our bus trip to Sukhothai.  It was nice to sleep in and just veg out.  The monks came around to collect thier alms while we were eating breakfast. At 11:00 we were picked up and taken to the bus station for our 11:30 bus.  The […]

Today is supposed to hit 100 degrees so we got up early to try to see as much as possible before the insufferable mid-afternoon heat.  We were out the door by 8 and walked to rent bikes–$1.50 for the day each including a lock.  We have a route to follow to see  the highlights of […]

Today we are up and ready to head to see the rest of Kanchanaburi before we leave at 130.  Sage is feeling better and ready to go this morning.  We get all packed up and check out and head out with a driver for the morning.  We are on a seongtow (pickup truck with a […]

Today is Tuesday here and we have been looking forward to a special all day Thai cooking class with the famous Noi in Kanchanaburi.  Unfortunately, Sage has been up all night with ‘Thai tummy” and is definitely not able to be out all morning at the market and cooking.  We finally broke down this morning […]

This morning we had to get up early after our long travel day yesterday to get to the bus to go to Erawan falls.  We had talked about getting a guide or driver, but the guest house owner here talked us out of it and into taking the local bus.  This was a mistake.  We […]